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I haven't but this guy did.
After seeing a photo, I'm not sure I'd want that one back, but OK.
It kind of looks like a 4DR reworked downsized AMC Pacer. Eek

One of everything happens in this world, given enough time.

https://www.irishtimes.com/new...-parked-it-1.3295670



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Interesting. There has to be more to the story such as went out drinking, tried to save a buck by parking car in abandoned industrial building (as opposed to a parking lot, parking garage, or street), and got blackout drunk.

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The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home.
I imagine the gasoline was varnish, the tires wouldn't hold air, the battery wouldn't take a charge, everything electrical was corroded, etc.



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Posts: 23255 | Location: Northern Suburbs of Houston | Registered: November 14, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I lost my car for 3 days....but man!


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The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home.

I would imagine so.

If I subscribe to Uconnect Access, I can load an app onto my phone that will, amongst other things, tell me where is my Jeep. I think Uconnect Access is something like $25/mo., though. So I guess I'll just have to continue to remember where I left it.



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Time travel is a bitch.

Everyone thinks you can simply pop in and out of the time river with precision.

But it's not like that, more like trying to step in and step out on a specific rock in a Class VI White Water Rapids at night while liberty sailor drunk.

Bet that's what happened to that guy.

Not that he can ever tell the truth...




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The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home.

I would imagine so.



The good news is it was right where it needed to be for free take away/destruction.



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I'm pretty sure she slipped me a roofie. I'll swing by later to pick up my ride.

Sorry for it being on the internet. That ride's a keeper. Pretty sure I got laid to Meatloaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" in that shaggin' wagon. Fun times....
 
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I've come back to the employee lot after a 4-day trip and SWORE that someone stole my 1997 Toyota Corolla amongst a bevy of new BMW's and Mercedes Benz's. After a 45 minute search in the scorching Houston heat and humidity...probably 118 on the pavement...I'd find it 3 or 4 rows over (key fob chirp doesn't work). Yeah...idiot started parking it in the same spot after 6 or 7 of these episodes.



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for five and a half years , there was a decked out land cruiser in the parking lot , across the street from my apt. in westlake village ca.,

35 inch mud terrains on aluminum rims, custom o.r. bumpers and roof rack, custom bucket recaro seats, cloth top,winch and o.r. lights.

I asked the sherriffs dept. the city p.d. the c.h.p. and the strip mall store people about it.

then they resurfaced the parking lot and it was gone.

it never moved , it never got vandalized , never got washed , never moved in all that time





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When the 76-year-old owner was found, he was driven by police and accompanied by his daughter to be reunited with the car, according to German regional paper Augsberger Allgemein.
The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home.


That this was a surprise to anyone should be another hint.



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I wonder how much he owed in parking fees. So what if the garage was being demolished, those Germans are a stickler for the rules.


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I don't think it would take much in the way of fees to outweigh the car's value.

The owner got a screaming deal on storage fees.


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I once could not find my car for about a good 30-40 minutes in one of those goofy multilevel parking garages, got so pissed off that I walked to the very top and worked my way down, hitting my lock button on the fob as I went, weirdest thing ever to get that lost.

This is pretty funny, I would imagine the tires were pretty flat and rotted after 20 years. Leave it to Ze Germans to not mess with it for 20 years!


 
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Now I take a photo of the parking level / lot where I park. I learned the hard way, coming back after 2 weeks on the road and thinking "where the fuck did I leave my car".
 
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Waze will direct you to where you last left your car automatically.




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Did he collect on insurance? I would have to say there is more to this story.


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The painted parking lines look to be in good shape.
Did they re-stripe the parking lot at some point with the car in place?


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My friend Scott had one of those moments at the Montreal airport...except his truck had been stolen!!!

It took him 1-2 hrs to convince security that he didn't just forget where he parked.

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Now I take a photo of the parking level / lot where I park. I learned the hard way, coming back after 2 weeks on the road and thinking "where the fuck did I leave my car".


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My recall of parking spots is pretty good. I have woke up in my car and had no clue where I was.


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The painted parking lines look to be in good shape.
Did they re-stripe the parking lot at some point with the car in place?



That’s a stock photo, not the actual car.
 
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